Print off a copy of the waiver from
www.dagorhir.com and have your parents notorize it. Also, its imperative that at least one of your parents come to practice at least the first time you come out, watch what we do, and tell Me, Surt or Smithy that it is okay for you to participate. This is important. We are not a 'gaming' LARP such as Nero or Amtgard. The group you saw in the mountains might have been NERO. Then again, if they were armored and hitting with sticks, it would have been the SCA. I was once a part of the SCA group here in Las Vegas.
The official age for Dagorhir events is 16 ; however, at the realm level we can let younger people play if they are mature enough for a full contact martial art, and if their parents meet us in person and say its okay. Most of the younger players are related in some way to other fighters and thus their parents are okay with it and we are okay as long as who they are related to is there.
We have a variety of weapons in use on the field, swords, axes, maces, flails, spears, glaives, javelins and archers with padded arrows. We do not; however, hit anyone with the hilt or pommel of their weapon.
As Sasquatch said, come out (with your parents at least to watch and speak to one of us, even if they leave) we'll pair you off with someone to learn the rules and do some one on one sparring, and then we'll see about throwing you into a melee.
Yes, we've been planning a weekend campout at Mount charleston, maybe in the summer or fall.
We average about 20 people a practice but have had times of 30 up to 50 when we had a visiting realm from Utah come out. In April we will be hosting Fool's raid and may have as many as 75 to 100 fighters. You could be one of them.
We are a medieval group. Though no one would expect you to have medieval looking garb on your first few times out, you should at least wear plain clothes, ie t-shirts or sweats with no logos. There is a downloadable handbook on the dagorhir website. Peruse it and learn about us, then come out and fight with us.
Konradr